My mom and I have an agreement. Actually it is an agreement with my family. We don't send cards for "Hallmark" holidays. Thanks mom for that marketing lesson in life :) Yet I always feel bad for not sending my mom something for Mother's Day.
So today, I was browsing some articles online. I came across this article from Business Week about the impact of mothers on businesses.
The article made me think of all the times that I helped mom make sure that column A plus column C equaled Column H in the big ledger book. And now as I try to balance the "columns" for my own freelance writing, my household, and Keith's company, those early lessons in small business have come into play more frequently. Even now, when mom was out here for three weeks, we were able to bounce ideas off of each other to grow our companies.
This year for Mother's Day, mom... thank you for teaching me all the "small business" things you have and continue to teach me.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Cade meet Kory... Kory meet Cade
Kory was so excited that Baby Cade had finally decided to "come out of mommy's tummy." Keith said that the morning they were coming down to the hospital for Kory and Grandma to meet Baby Cade, Kory jumped up, put on his backpack, and said he was ready to go. Even though he was in his pjs :)
Kory loved on Cade as soon as he saw him... and hasn't stopped since. He has lots of hugs and kisses for his brother. Kory has been very helpful with Cade. We're working on moving slowly and gently around his baby brother.
Kory loved on Cade as soon as he saw him... and hasn't stopped since. He has lots of hugs and kisses for his brother. Kory has been very helpful with Cade. We're working on moving slowly and gently around his baby brother.
Grandma Larson's trip to PA.
My mom was so wonderful to come stay with us leading up to Cade's arrival. I asked her to write a little summary of her time out here. As far as me... I enjoyed spending the extra time with my mom and creating more memories :) I'm so thankful my dad was willing to share her for a few weeks. Thanks!
From Grandma:
I flew out early in anticipation that baby Cade was going to possibly arrive early. Because he decided to wait 3 weeks, Kory got almost Grandma's full attention. I loved helping Jessica clean her flowers beds, got into some poison ivy, clean her house, did laundry, cooked some meals. Spending time with Kory was great. I learned a lot about super hero's. We played outside on his swing set, went shopping (walk Jessica, walk). Kory and I put together a wooden model airplane and then he painted it. He painted some magnets to go on his new refrigerator. We found a web site National Geographic for kids. It was great with games to play but Kory had to do at least one teaching video first. I felt bad that I couldn't stay longer to just hold baby Cade after he was born. But Grandpa was very lonesome for Grandma and wanted her back home so he drove straight out to spend a couple days with the Whitmore's and to love up on baby Cade. I was very thankful that I had my 3 weeks in PA and even as a bonus got to see spring with all the blooming trees and flowers and pollen.
From Grandma:
I flew out early in anticipation that baby Cade was going to possibly arrive early. Because he decided to wait 3 weeks, Kory got almost Grandma's full attention. I loved helping Jessica clean her flowers beds, got into some poison ivy, clean her house, did laundry, cooked some meals. Spending time with Kory was great. I learned a lot about super hero's. We played outside on his swing set, went shopping (walk Jessica, walk). Kory and I put together a wooden model airplane and then he painted it. He painted some magnets to go on his new refrigerator. We found a web site National Geographic for kids. It was great with games to play but Kory had to do at least one teaching video first. I felt bad that I couldn't stay longer to just hold baby Cade after he was born. But Grandpa was very lonesome for Grandma and wanted her back home so he drove straight out to spend a couple days with the Whitmore's and to love up on baby Cade. I was very thankful that I had my 3 weeks in PA and even as a bonus got to see spring with all the blooming trees and flowers and pollen.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Baby Cade is here!
Cade decided to join our family on May 1st! We were so excited to be able to hold him in our arms! Kory was so excited to meet his little brother. I'm hoping to post some things Kory said and updates on our life as we adjust to two kids in the house. So keep checking back...
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